Jill Holtzman Vogel

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which usually forswears endorsing candidates in primary races, this year is breaking with that tradition, giving its nod to 24 hopefuls, including Norfolk business owner Elaine Luria in the 2nd Congressional District.

Luria hopes to unseat freshman Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Virginia Beach.

Luria owns Norfolk’s Mermaid Factory, which sells miniature versions of the city’s iconic mermaid statutes for people to paint. A 20-year U.S. Navy veteran who retired as a commander, she was one of the first women in the Navy’s nuclear power program and among the first women to serve the entirety of her career on combatant ships. She deployed...

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